Mike Zimmer Questions Final Play Call By Vikings In Loss To Cardinals
Arizona held off the Minnesota Vikings 23-20 at University of Phoenix Stadium. “To one Super Bowl, which they lost”. Twelve different Cardinals have at least one sack, but none have more than Freeney’s four.
“That’s why I came back, because moments like this, you can’t duplicate those in life”, Freeney said. “I said, ‘Yeah, we’re trying to upgrade to first class.’ It’s nice to be in it, but it’s no fun going on the road, that’s for sure”.
“We’ve been having really good practices”, Arians said”. “We don’t know where or when, but we’re in”. But before the game we lost another battle between the two states. I’m pleased with that. “If we do that, then we’ll win some games because we’ll do some of these other things better”.
Peterson had one of the fumbles on what was supposed to be a reverse. “It was a fantastic block”, coach Bruce Arians said. “Those were high records Kurt set”.
The slow-developing play left Bridgewater vulnerable and he told reporters after the game that the clock in his head told him to throw the ball out of bounds before he was sacked. But not tonight. Yet, the Cardinals still were able to beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-20, by virtue of a commendable defensive performance and just enough offensive theatrics to get them by.
It appeared we were headed for overtime in Glendale, as the Vikings had driven the ball down to Arizona’s 31-yard line. Palmer on the next play executed a kneel down and the game was done.
That is unlikely. The surging Seahawks (7-5) play in Baltimore (potentially against quarterback Jimmy Clausen, who was recently signed by the Ravens) and then host woeful Cleveland.
Palmer connected on scoring plays of 65 yards to John Brown and 42 to Michael Floyd. That would stand as the only score of the quarter, and a 17-10 Arizona lead.
After a 53-yard field goal by Vikings kicker Blair Walsh, Bridgewater, who was 25-of-36 for 335 yards, fired a seven-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mike Wallace to tie the score at 20-20. So, do I think it’s a good game?
This brings us to the Packers and Vikings, two 8 win teams. “We just shot ourselves in the foot with the three turnovers”.
Coach Mike Zimmer said Friday was too soon to determine whether nose tackle Linval Joseph, linebacker Anthony Barr, and safeties Harrison Smith and Andrew Sendejo would be back to play the Bears.
He carried 23 times for 69 yards Thursday night, but 38 of them came on four carries on the Vikings’ opening possession, culminating in his nine-yard run for his 100th career touchdown. But the Cardinals wasted no time getting back in front.
– Marcus Williams, the former Hopkins grad and North Dakota State player, is in his second season with the Jets and is tied for third in the National Football League with five interceptions.
Both quarterbacks had nearly identical numbers at halftime. On 2nd and 1 from the ARZ 9 yard line, Peterson took a Bridgewater handoff and ran to his right.
Freeney made the clutch play (Watch Video Above) when he stripped the ball from Teddy Bridgewater with 5 seconds remaining, depriving Minnesota a chance at a game-tying field goal that time.